Here is an interesting post from the gamification-research community, that I wanted to share with you.

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Hi,



this is Esteban Romero-Frías (below is a short bio given that this is my first post in the mailing list)



I am writing to introduce a project intended to gamify wiki projects based in MediaWiki Software. We have Wikipedia in mind to think about solutions to improve engagement.

We are giving our first steps. Here you have some information about the…

Hi Gamificators,



"If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf." - Bob Hope



I am getting fat, so I just bought the Nike+ Fuelband. That's a fancy-looking tracking device to wrap around your wrist and allows you to set and achieve goals: how much "Fuel" - a Nike-currency you want to achieve/burn, and how many steps you've done). Ivan Kuo from Gamification.co wrote an interesting review on that piece:…

Dear Gamificator,



"Donald Duck is the original Angry Bird"



Quack! An eventful couple of weeks have past with the Gamification Summit (Gsummit) in San Francisco and the Gamification Conference in Tokyo having taken place in June. Both events together attracted nearly 1,000 attendees, and the topics discussed showed that gamification is not a niche-topic anymore, but moved right to the center of attention. Both Gabe Zichermann and me had each ˜75 gamification…

Hi Gamificator,



Yes, I know, I look like a desperate and annoying videogame that keeps sending you messages to have you come back and play again. But the last week there were so many interesting announcements that I felt the need to send you a second newsletter this month, shortly after the first one.



Digital Shoreditch (London)

As I am speaking at the Digitial Shoreditch Festival in London on May 31st, I got some free…